立春 （Risshun）- The starting date of spring
Today falls in the first period of the season, when a year divided into 24 period by the sun movement. Generally the first day of the spring, Risshun falls in around 2nd of February to 5th of February.
Spring lasts until the period 立夏 ‘Rikka’ the start of summer, around the day before 5th of May.
立春大吉 (Risshun Daikichi)
On the day of Risshun, temples put talisman cards on both side of the gate, like the picture below.
the words Risshun Daikichi means The first day of spring, best luck. This words are symmetrical and even looking from the back side, it looks the same as the front.
Once upon a time, 鬼 (Oni) – evil came into the temple. When Oni looked back the gate, he found the talisman cards. Because it looked as the same as the front side of the cards, Oni thought he didn’t enter the gate so he went back to the outside!
That’s why this talisman cards were used for kicking the evil out.
Little Japan Dictionary 
I must use talisman cards as a locket.
I wish Nepalese Ghost are familiar with the Japanese Culture and Little Japan dictionary Blogs.
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